Vernacular bureaucracies and the discursive constitution of a Bengali region: Documents, development and territorial claims in Barak Valley, Assam
Published online on July 18, 2026
Abstract
Ethnography, Ahead of Print.
The linguistic status of Sylheti—variously framed as a Bengali dialect, a distinct language, or a stigmatised vernacular—remains unsettled. This ambiguity creates a politically charged interpretive space in India’s eastern borderlands. Focusing on Assam’s ...
The linguistic status of Sylheti—variously framed as a Bengali dialect, a distinct language, or a stigmatised vernacular—remains unsettled. This ambiguity creates a politically charged interpretive space in India’s eastern borderlands. Focusing on Assam’s ...